What Do We Mean by Establishing a Shared Language?
Working with stakeholders, you define exactly what terms like "policy," "deed," or "location" mean within the process. Together, you first establish the business domain before diving into the technical implementation. Just as important, the software must maintain this separation between the business domain and technical logic. This keeps the domain understandable, even without technical expertise.
This approach is also fundamental to how the Blueriq Platform operates. In Blueriq, your domain is always separated from the logic—and it’s the first thing you define. This way of working offers several advantages:
Benefit 1: Improved Communication and Collaboration
One major advantage of DDD is that it fosters better communication and collaboration between team members, stakeholders, and users—even when not everyone has technical knowledge. By providing a shared language and a clear understanding of the business domain, DDD reduces misunderstandings and miscommunication, ultimately leading to a more efficient development process.
At Blueriq, we value this highly and recruit and train our people accordingly. The professionals working with Blueriq are called Business Engineers because we believe they should have one foot firmly planted in the business domain to engage meaningfully with stakeholders.
Benefit 2: Flexibility and Scalability
DDD enables the creation of more flexible and scalable software systems. By focusing on domain models, DDD supports a modular and extensible system, making it easier to add new features or modify existing ones.
The key is recognizing when you’ve identified a new domain and need to separate concerns. Done well, this keeps even highly complex applications manageable, as each module can operate independently and be developed and tested in isolation.
Benefit 3: Reduced Development Time and Costs
DDD can also reduce development time and costs by providing a clear and concise understanding of the business domain. By avoiding the common pitfalls of a purely technical approach, DDD ensures that development efforts focus on the most critical features.
This approach also minimizes refactoring and technical debt, resulting in more efficient development cycles. With Blueriq, much of the technical groundwork is already handled, allowing Business Engineers to concentrate on the domain. Thanks to this approach, we’ve developed complete applications in just weeks, days, and sometimes even mere hours.
Conclusion:
Looking for a development approach that reduces miscommunication, offers flexibility and scalability, and ensures a quick time-to-market? Consider Domain-Driven Design and implement it easily with the Blueriq Platform.
